A Guide to Crisis Intervention [Paperback]

Kristi Kanel (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 27, 2006 | ISBN-10: 0495007765 | ISBN-13: 978-0495007760 | Edition: 3

Handle any crisis situation with ease with A GUIDE TO CRISIS INTERVENTION! This practical nuts-and-bolts guide provides you with the skills necessary to effectively manage crises. Using the comprehensive ABC model of crisis intervention, this counseling text keeps you up-to-date on the latest information regarding crises. Case examples and scripts that show "what to actually say" provide you with actual examples of dialogue with the client illustrating the ABC model. Tables that outline key points such as history of crisis intervention, contributions, suicide assessment, and death and dying issues provide you with a framework in which to assess the client.

Editorial Reviews

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"The text is outstanding in the sequencing of material. It lays a wonderful foundation for understanding crisis, the importance of understanding cultural diversity, and the topics are relevant and current."

"I think Kanel's textbook is the most suitable material for an undergraduate crisis intervention course that I have found. The book's depth and scope make it appropriate for training of paraprofessionals outside of the college setting as well."

"The ABC model of crisis interventions provides a useful guideline for teaching about crisis intervention and specific steps to implement for students. My students found it helpful and felt they would use it professionally."

About the Author

Kristi Kanel has 25 years of clinical experience. She brings to her students, clients, and readers knowledge from working at a battered women's shelter, at a free clinic, for a health maintenance organization, in private practice, and for a county mental health agency. In these various work settings, she has seen many types of clients with whom she has used an integrative approach to counseling. Dr. Kanel also has been an educator since 1983, teaching at several community colleges and a state university, and has taught doctoral students at professional schools of psychology as well. She has been teaching crisis intervention courses since 1986. This book is a result of all of these experiences. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 265 pages
• Publisher: Brooks Cole; 3 edition (February 27, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0495007765
• ISBN-13: 978-0495007760
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #207,411 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars way too many errors, September 12, 2011

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Kim Goodin - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Guide to Crisis Intervention (Paperback)

The content of this textbook is solid and easy to understand. It's a good intro to crisis intervention.

However, it seems like virtually every page has at least one typo or error. This is so distracting and unprofessional - if a publisher is going to charge this much, the book ought to be pretty flawless in my opinion. On page 103 for example, there are three mistakes.
1. "Family counseling is an effective style for Latinso..." (should be "Latinos")
2. "...and act out through joing gangs..." (should be "joining")
3. "This expression of affect(emotion)may allow them..." (no space on either side of the parenthesis)

I can and do ignore the occasional typo in textbooks all the time, but this book goes well beyond the occasional and has become extremely annoying. I'm finding it difficult now to concentrate on the information because I'm constantly waiting for the next typo. Whoever edited this should be fired. Grrrrrrr.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, comprehensive book on Crisis Intervention!, March 23, 2008

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Alice M. Cleary (Canton, Ohio USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Guide to Crisis Intervention (Paperback)

I have been in the field for twenty years. Asked to teach a course to students at a nearby university, I ordered this book!
I find that it is very readable and interesting and very much like the work I have been doing for the last two decades! Students will learn first hand information of what makes up crisis work, and become familiar with the many facets of crisis work. Down to earth writing and very real case scenarios! Excellent resource!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A lot of useful information in this book., April 19, 2010

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Jennifer A. Werden-Gillaspie "JWG415" (Vancouver, WA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: A Guide to Crisis Intervention (Paperback)

I am over half way done with this book and can barely put it down. It starts out by talking about what is considered a crisis and when crisis is a danger. I feel like the book covers a lot of different areas of crisis which will be helpful in the counseling field.( Loss, AIDS/ HIV, Substance Abuse, PTSD, etc.) The ABC's of crisis is also introduced in the book which is a very helpful model. I am not done with this book yet but I have a feeling that I will be using it a lot.